Projectile



J. BORELL- PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. I918.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

J. BOREL.

PROJECT|LE.'

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 191B.

Patented Aug: 26, 1919' 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BOREL, F JEANERETTE, LOUISIANA.

PBOJECTILE.

.Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed July 12, 1918. Serial No. 244,633.

To all wh'om it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Bonnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at J eanerette, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Projectiles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to projectiles, and more particularly to aerialtorpedoes.

The object of the invention is to provide the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed, itbeing understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be madewithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a torpedo constructed inaccordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section thereof with, the rudder brokenoff for convenience in illustration,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the bombs detached,

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of one of the hammers shown mounted onthe portion of the firing pin.

In the embodiment illustrated the projectile constituting this inventioncomprises a main body 1 of cylindrical form having a nose ZWhi-ch taperstoward the forward extremity of the torpedo giving a true projectileshape to the completed article.

The main body 1 is centrally and longitudinally bowed to form a chamber3 and at its .butt end has an explosive containing chamber i which isclosed by a solid cap 5 threaded into the casing of the body por that itmay be safely handled.

tion. A shank or stem 5 extends rearwardly. through the cap 5 and isprovided at its free end With a rudder 5" which operates as a guidefor'the projectile in its flight.

A tubular nipple 6 extends from the inner face of cap 5 into the chamber4: and has a spring 7 coiled therearound abutting at one end against theinner face of the cap 5 and at its other end against a washer 8 carriedby the firing pin 9 which extends longitudially through the chamber 3and out through the nose 2. This firing pin 9 is provided on its frontend with a head 10 which is designed to contact with a target or anyobject which is disposed in the path of the. torpedo when projected.with the target this pin will be forced inwardly against the tension ofthe spring 7 for a purpose presently to be described. A flange 11 iscarried by the pin 9 at a point spaced inwardly from its head 10 and ishere shown truncated cone-shaped to conform to the front end of thechamber 12 formed in said nose as is shown clearly in Fig. 2. The frontend of the pin is made angular as shown at 13 to'prevent rotation of thepin and said angular portion has an aperture 14 extending transverselytherethrough which registers with a similar aperture or bore 15extending transversely through the nose 2 at its extremity, saidregistering apertures being designed receive a pin 16 which holds thefiring p1n 1n projected position to prevent all possibility of itsoperating to explode its contents so Mounted on the firing pin 9 withinthe body 1 and nose 2 are a plurality of hammers 17 made in the form ofspiders each having a hub 18 adjustably mounted on the pin by means of aset screw 19. Radlating from each hub 18 are a dplurality of fingers orarms 20, any desire number of which may be employed, according to thenumber of bombs to be arranged in each series.

The body portion of the torpedo is equipped with a plurality of radiallyOpening pockets 21 in which are designed to be frictionally held bombs23, explosive carrying chambers 22 being formed .at'the rear of thebombs in said pockets so that when the explosives contained in saidchambers is ignited the bombs will bedischarged from the torpedo andsimultaneously fuses 24. carried by said. bombs will be ignited. Thesefuses 24 extend at one end into the bomb and at On contacting torpedo isprojected an the other end into the chamber 22 and are in of the spring7 causing the arms 20 to forcibly engage the. caps 25 and thereby ignitethe explosive contained in the chambers 22. Four series of these bombsare here shown and each series contains four bombs as is shown clearlyin Fi 5, thus making-sixteen in all carried by t e to edo. When this thebombs discharged therefrom in the manner above described, they willradiate in all directions and after leaving the torpedo will explodeindividually so that a great amount of damagsi may be accomplished by asingle tore o. p The nose 2 as shown in Fig. 2 is made separate from thebody portion 1 and is designed to contain an explosive within thechamber 12 thereof so that said nose will operate as an additional bombof a larger slze than projectiles 23, the explosive therein beingignited by the small caps 25 which ignite the explosives in the chambers22 at the front end of the body portion 1. I

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what maybeconsidered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to beunderstood that I may make-such changes in construction and arrangementand combinationv of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may proveexpedient and fall within the scope of the claimed invention.

Havin thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A projectile of the class described comprising a cylindrical bodyportion having a tapered nose at its front end, a closure for the buttend of said projectile, threaded therein, a rudder carried by saidclosure, a firing pin extending longitudinally through said body portionand projecting at its front end through the nose thereof, a flange onsaid pin for limiting its outward movement, a coiled spring for forcingsaidipin outward, a plurality of explosive containin pockets carried bysaid body portion an opening through the periphery thereof, said pocketsbeing arranged in longitudinally spaced series, firing caps projectingfrom said pockets, and a plurality of hammers carried by said firing pinand positioned to engage said ca 5 when the pin 1s moved inwardly.

n testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOfiEPI-I BOREL. Witnesses:

W. F. BROWN, PAUL N. Cara

